Rock Band Refresh: Election Day Special

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Presidents of the United States of America and Hinder. Also, Fall Out Boy!

By Ryan Geddes

Every Tuesday, MTV Games and Harmonix release new downloadable tracks for Rock Band on Xbox Live Marketplace for your rocking pleasure. But before they hit the 'Net, they hit the IGN offices. Each Friday afternoon we'll announce the new tracks alongside our impressions of the new content. So check back weekly for the latest on what's new, what's hot and what's worth a download.

For next week, Harmonix has cobbled together a loosely Election Day-themed collection of songs from Presidents of the United States of America, Fall Out Boy and Hinder. We're pretty sure the fine folks over at Harmonix chose the latter two to torture us. The Fall Out Boy and Hinder tracks are 80 MSP ($0.99) for the month of November only, so if you like that sort of thing, grab them quickly.

Our Take: In my opinion, the best POTUSA song, "Lump", is already in Rock Band. So the rest of these songs, like "Dune Buggy," have a lot to live up to. This track is jaunty and fun, although there's not a whole lot of excitement to it.

Our Take: It's never good when you can't quite figure out if a band is joking or not. This song is terrible. Is it a joke? Possibly. Or maybe not. Regardless, the song is dull, cheesy and not very challenging.